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The Twilight series consists of Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. Breaking Dawn, the fourth in the series, is not yet published.

The plot is centred around Bella Swan, a young woman who falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.

Post edited at 11:17 am on June 2, 2008 by Periwinkle

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'Cause online I'm out in Hollywood
I'm 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
I drive a Maserati, I'm a black-belt in karate
And I love a good glass of wine

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is this a book that guys can read? or is it just a fancy harlequin novel?

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she is making edwards point of view so guys might read it.

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the voices tell me to kill you......

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i dont think the movie will be that good.

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The Twilight books are like Twinkies.

Twinkies are not a gourmet dessert and, really, aren't very good for you. If you want to ingest that number of calories and ruin your figure, there are many tastier desserts you could choose, but sometimes, you're just craving the not-so-good fluff of a Twinkie.

Same is true of Twilight. As far as writing and plot go, the books are extremely lacking and, it could be argued, the only real three-dimensional character in the whole series is Jacob Black. But sometimes, you need something that's not-so-good and fluffy...and, in this case, sparkly.

That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

Personally, I can't deal with Twilight myself. I've read up to Eclipse, but not without eye rolling and cringing every few pages or paragraphs.

I think the worst thing about Twilight is the MASSIVE fanbase it has. I can understand the Harry Potter fanbase, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, hell even Star Trek... but Twilight?

Someone posted above comparing Twilight to a twinkie and I think that has some truth in it. However, I don't think that explains the mass love of Twilight.

Honestly, I think the popularity of this book is such a tragic commentary on our times. Bad character development, cheesy dialogue, horrid writing... is that really the sort of "literature" that appeals to people now? Really.

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To sacrifice what you are and to live without belief,
that is a fate more terrible than dying.

Everyone wants to be more special than they are, and books like Harry Potter and Twilight allow people to live that special life vicariously through their heroes. Twilight just does it a bit more fluffily and poorly-written-ly than Harry Potter.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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I think Cleolinda on LiveJournal put it best:

The Twilight books are like Twinkies.  

Twinkies are not a gourmet dessert and, really, aren't very good for you. If you want to ingest that number of calories and ruin your figure, there are many tastier desserts you could choose, but sometimes, you're just craving the not-so-good fluff of a Twinkie.

Same is true of Twilight. As far as writing and plot go, the books are extremely lacking and, it could be argued, the only real three-dimensional character in the whole series is Jacob Black. But sometimes, you need something that's not-so-good and fluffy...and, in this case, sparkly.  

That said, anyone who's going to argue that the Twilight books are great literature should be strapped down and forced to read Jane Austen novels until her eyes fall out.

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How amazingly true.Some books are like twinkies, or other yummy bad for you hostess delights. the twiglight series def. falls in that category.

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Salvation in Christ is not a mere intellectual philosophy

but an integrated redemption of the whole person.